Doing Things Differently
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I own only the characters that show up when Ash is wondering certain regions and gets certain Pokemon. I own the characters there.
Summary: Ash is given Pikachu in the beginning. What if Pikachu ditches him in his time of need. What is another pokemon takes place of his starter. He takes to the world differently and is colder. He wants to be the best of trainers. Watch out world.
Answers:
kyunaru: Hope you enjoy the story. I hope to update often. I will try to make it go up to every place. He is getting Gengar for sure. Spiritomb is cool, I'll look into it.
Trinity Fenton-Phantom: Thank you. I want this to be interesting. I'll follow every part in the anime. But it'll be done with different actions and pokemon. I don't have a hatred for Pikachu just want Ash to not have him for a partner. He will have some dislike for them though.
Swagnilla-Ice-1985: Thank you. I'll keep posting new chapters!
Senpen banka: Thanks. I love Ekans and thought Ash would be great with one. I like those pokemon too. I want him to actually get those later. I wasn't thinking about a Pincer but that sounds great. Thank you. :3
Shadow fang the black wolf: Ash will meet up with Pikachu again. His reaction will not be pretty. He will capture it again, but that's all I'm saying. I like those Pokemon. I don't think Aerodactyl (maybe), Nidoking, Arcanine with work. I don't want Ash to have much of his rival Gary's pokemon. He will get pokemon from the canon and other pokemon from the episodes. Some might come to him then the other people. He is getting Charmander, but he will not take it's crap as Charizard. This Ash doesn't take bad temper or getting attacked well. :)
Wolfreader: He will get a Eevee, Definably a Rhyhorn, Laparas and thinking of Ninetales...
Other reviewers: His team will be different genders. He'll be well liked by his team too. That's all that, I will say. Enjoy the story.
Pokemon Ash has so far:
Spearow: Talon (male)
Magikarp: Mystic (female)
Shellder: Gem (female)
Ekans: Naga (female)
Ash is a ladies man... Has more girls then Brock will ever get. ;)
Listed is what I think could work in the next chapter:
Sandshrew
Clefairy
What do you think? Name any others you would think will work with him and this story.
Chapter 3
Training and Samurai
This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud
[Chorus:]
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life
This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to make your own breaks
[Chorus:]
It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life
Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down
[Chorus:]
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
[Chorus:]
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life!
It's My Life – Bon Jovi
Last Time on Starting Things Differently:
"Alright everyone bed-time." Ash called out. Talon flew over and landed on a tree stump beside his trainer and cawed out quietly. It then stuck it's head under it's wing and went to sleep. Ash had to laugh at this. He crawled into his sleeping bag and let out a content sigh.
Just before going to sleep he felt a slithering body curl on his sleeping bag. He looked and saw Naga curling into a circle around his sleeping bag and him. He smiled and stroked her scales gently. He heard her pleased hiss and smiled.
"Goodnight." Ash said silently. He couldn't wait what tomorrow would bring.
Present:
It was in the morning. Pidgey's were calling out to one another and other bird pokemon chattering to one another. Ash goggly opened an eye to the sounds and groaned. He snuggled into his sleeping bag once more. He heard Misty groaning at the noise as well.
He opened his eye again and saw his Ekans, Naga sleeping curled up around him. She was softly snoring contently near him and Ash smiled. He looked over and didn't see his Spearow, Talon. He looked around and then stopped him perched on a tree branch near by. He was preening his feathers.
Ash woke up and crawled out of his sleeping bag to stretch. As he was stretching and yawning to the morning he heard Misty say, "Nice night wasn't it." Ash smiled and nodded.
Misty smiled and was about to go to the river and wash her face when she spotted the Ekans. "Ahhhhhhh!" Ash turned around frantic and looked about. Naga woke up to the noise and let out a surprised hiss. Ash spotted her and said, "Did you sleep good girl?" Naga perked up hearing her trainer and slithered to him.
Misty froze at that. "She's yours?!" Misty screamed. Ash looked at her and felt Naga slither her way up his body. She drooped over his shoulders and Ash laughed and petted her gently. He looked like he had a boa on with Naga laying on his shoulders like that. Misty noticed and gave a small giggle at the site.
Ash walked around the campsite with Naga sitting on his arms contently. Talon stopped preening his feathers watching his trainer walk around the site. He cawed laughing at his trainer. Misty went out to the forest and came back with blue berries. Ash and Misty ate in silence. Ash poured some feed for his pokemon.
Talon was eating his feed in happiness. Naga was eating her's in contentment. Gem was in the creek with Mystic eating at the bottom. Ash smiled at them and couldn't wait to get more pokemon to join his journey.
Ash was eating his breakfast when he heard a chatter. He looked over and saw a shadow land on a tree branch. He narrowed his eyes and looked and a small monkey thing. He got his pokedex.
Pokedex Mankey : A Pig Monkey Pokémon of the Fighting-type. Known for its superior footwork, it packs a power-full punch.
Ash looked from his pokedex to the Mankey and gave a smirk. It looked just like the type that he wanted. He turned to Naga, "You want to battle girl?" Naga stopped eating and turned to her trainer. She looked over and saw the curious monkey and gave a hiss in agreement.
The Mankey looked over at the group and saw the boy make it's way towards it. It glared and growled. Ash saw this, "It has some spunk. I like that. Let's get it!" Naga nodded and slithered her way into the battle. Mankey got into it's stance. "Poison Sting!" Naga released her poison and Mankey went to bounce around trying to avoid getting hit.
Mankey then growled and a move that looked like Karate Chop. "Naga watch out!" Ash cried out looking worried at his snake pokemon. She turned and nodded at her trainer showing she would be careful. "Use Acid attack!" Naga hit the Mankey and it let out a enraged screeh. It then looked and growled at Naga angrily and ran to grab the snake. It then pulled a move that looked to be Seismic Toss. "Nooo! Naga!" Naga hit the ground in a thud and Ash could only look in horror.
Ash looked at the battle and saw Mankey looking to be the winner with a few bruises on him. He then saw Naga slowly rising herself up from the toss move. "Naga use Wrap Attack!" The snake pokemon heard that command and made her way over the pig monkey pokemon.
She wrapped her coils around the monkey and squeezed as tightly as she could. Mankey tried as hard as he could to get out of the snake's attack, but couldn't. It was getting harder to breath and the Mankey started to look dizzy. "Alright girl. Let him go." Naga heard Ash's word and released the monkey.
Mankey it the floor in a daze. Ash grabbed one of his pokeballs and threw it. It hit the downed pokemon and was instantly captured. It blinked a full on minute then dinged signaling it's full capture. Ash smiled and picked up the ball. He turned to his snake pokemon and smiled, "Thanks girl. Couldn't done it without you." Naga hissed and nuzzled her trainer.
Ash gave a snort of laughter and looked towards Misty. She clapped saying it was a good capture. Ash gave a nod. He now had a strong fighting type for his team.
He felt a small thing land on his left shoulder. He turned his head to see, Talon perched on his shoulder. It cawed at him silently. Ash smiled and scratched his tiny bird pokemon under it's chin. It chirped in happiness and nipped his fingers gently. Ash could see this already becoming a routine.
He felt a nuzzling to his right side and saw Naga beside him. "Ah. I can feel the love." He laughed after seeing the two pokemon nuzzling him. The snake pokemon gave a happy hiss and slithered up his torso and rested her head on his right shoulder. Naga tickled Ash's face with her forked tongue and Ash laughed at it's actions.
Misty smiled watching the interaction with the pokemon and their trainer. He was a unique one alright. He bonded with his pokemon fast. While some trainers take years to get their pokemon to be this gently with them, Ash did it in a short amount of time. He was a truly different guy and she was happy to be along on his journey with him.
Ash then remembered Mankey. He released the pig monkey and watched it let out a screech. It turned and regarded him. He could see it was a strong looking male. He was a fighter, Ash could see and smiled at the battle's this little guy could be in.
Mankey looked at the young boy staring and him and thought he wasn't that bad. He saw the battle scars on his face and gave the boy respect to walk around with that mark. It showed character. He felt pleased to have this boy as his trainer. He approved. He chattered contently at that thought.
Ash saw the Mankey look at him and gave him a look of approval. He laughed and went to pet the monkey. It froze in place the minute Ash placed his hand down but after stroking his ears the pokemon gave a coo. Ash smiled gently and continued his actions.
He looked the pokemon over and started to think of a good name for his little fighter. Then it hit him. "I think your name should be Champ." Ash retorted. The Mankey froze at this and looked to his new trainer. The Mankey thought of this and saw it rather liked the actions of the name. The newly named Champ screeched his approval. Ash smiled and returned his new pig monkey pokemon. He returned Naga then afterwords sense her battle with Champ winded her a little.
Ash and Misty started to pack up their gear and was getting ready for the rest of the journey.
They walked through Viridian forest on their way to Pewter City. "I heard this place is crawling with bug pokemon! I can't wait to see what it has!" Ash said with happiness. Misty froze and turned to Ash. "Did you say bug pokemon live here?!" He heard her scream. Ash looked at her and quirked an eyebrow. "Yeah why is there a problem?" Misty looked horrified and gave a almost whine.
"I HATE BUG POKEMON!" She said screaming. Ash looked at her dumbfounded. "Why? I think their cool." Misty looked at him disgusted. "Bug pokemon are one of the 3 disgusting things in the world." She deadpanned. Ash looked at her, "Then what are the other 3 disgusting things?" Misty smirked and stated, "Carrots. Peppers. And! Bugs! Everyone has something they don't like. And I don't like bugs!" She said with a mental image beating each of those things. Ending with a mallet to the bug image. Ash twitched an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah? Well, I like carrots, peppers and bugs. What I don't like is how you can say that. Pokemon have different personalities and features. Just because they look like that doesn't mean their bad. Pokemon have feelings you know." Ash stated. 'Oh man... I feel like Professor Oak at that lecture...'
Misty turned her head and snorted. "To me they will always be creepy." Ash glared then sighed. 'Can't always change a person.'
They walked for a while until Misty froze. Ash stopped and turned to Misty,"What's the matter?" Misty looked scared, "Didn't you hear that? Those clicking sounds?" Ash looked around and went to grab Talon's pokeball. He saw a shadow a distance away. He cautiously made his way over. He signaled for Misty to stay away.
He walked and went behind a tree. He peered over and saw a stag beetle looking pokemon. Ash pulled out his pokedex to see what type of bug he was looking at.
Pokedex Pinsir: This fearsome Pokémon uses its power-full claws to put the squeeze on its opponents.
Ash looked at the pokedex and gave a smirk. He liked what the stats and overall talk of the pokemon. He knew it would be a great pokemon to have. He saw the beetle clicking more and he decided it was time for a battle.
Ash popped out of his spot behind the tree and kept his hand on Talon's pokeball. It was Talon's time to battle. "Go Talon! I choose you!" He pulled his faithful bird pokemon out. It screeched in happiness. Talon spotted his opponent and got into his battle stance.
"Go and use peck." The Spearow nodded and flew with pecked at the stag beetle. Pinsir grumbled and started to click it's claws fast. It went at Talon with a Vice Grip attack. "Dodge it Talon!" Spearow dodged as ordered and heard Ash's command, "Use Aerial Ace Talon!" Talon screeched and went down and used it's attack. Pinsir was hit with the force.
It grumbled and staggered about. It was panting staring at the tiny bird pokemon. It clicked a few more times before it staggered and hit the ground. Ash saw this and grabbed one of his pokeballs. He threw it at the downed beetle and watched it convert into energy. He watched it struggle a few times then heard the ding of it being captured. Ash smiled and ran over to pick up his new bug pokemon.
He felt Talon perch himself on his left shoulder and Ash scratched him under his chin. "Good job boy. You beat that beetle without to much of a hassle. I'm proud of you." He retorted. Talon puffed up his chest with pride at that.
Ash laughed and made his way back to Misty. Misty looked over and saw Ash coming back. "What was it Ash?" Ash looked at her and then showed her his pokeball. "A new friend for the journey. It's a Pinsir." Ash said happily. Misty froze, "You got a creepy bug pokemon?! Keep it away from me!" Ash sweat-dropped at his friends actions.
"Well let's continue on route." Ash said. Ash and Misty resumed their walk. Talon nestled on Ash's shoulder contently.
They continued on their journey to Pewter and heard their stomachs growl. They looked at each other sheepishly. They grabbed their bags and started to prepare a lunch. Ash went a little away from the camp to release Pinsir knowing Misty would freak it she saw it near her. "Come on out." He heard the pop and saw his new stag beetle pokemon appear.
The Pinsir looked around and stopped his new trainer. He walked over and clicked his claws carefully. Ash looked awed at the bug pokemon. "Wow. You are so cool. I love the claws." Ash said about to lean his hand towards it and heard the click. Ash jumped and looked even more happier. "I love it! You'll be great for the team!" Ash said. Pinsir looked at the boy and saw the boy's resolve and liked it. If the boy simply already liked him for his claws and attitude it was no problem at all. He was happy with his new trainer. It clicked it claws in content at the thought.
Ash smiled and then started looking his Pinsir over. "I need to think of a name for you..." The Pinsir looked at Ash and gave a small click. Ash froze and then said, "I think the name Spike will work with you. I mean you have spikes on your claws and clicking sounds come from them. I think the name is you." The Pinsir went silent. It contemplated it's name and clicked at it then started liking the sound of it. It gave a happy grumble and Ash smiled. The newly named Spike clicked in happiness with his new trainer. Ash laughed at this and the beetle actions. He smiled and returned his new bug type.
He made his way to camp. He saw Misty looking around frantically. He sighed in exasperation. "They aren't gonna hurt you Misty." She glared at him and he just looked at her blankly. They ate their lunch in peace. When they finished they continued their way.
Walking in the forest was becoming very annoying. The walking was great, but Misty's screaming was something else. He peered over his shoulder along with Talon to look at Misty. He saw her hanging on a tree branch.
"What's wrong now?" He sighed. "I think I see another bug! Gross!" She screamed hugging the branch tighter. Ash twitched an eyebrow. "Maybe it's your imagination..." Talon nodded at that. This was getting ridiculous.
"That's not funny. You know I hate bugs. And I saw one right over there!" She pointed. There on the ground crawling was a horned hairy bug pokemon. It was staring at them with curiosity. Ash smiled at the at. "A Weedle!" He pulled out his pokedex and read the stats.
Pokedex Weedle: The stinger on this Pokémon's head guarantees that any attacker will get the point right where it hurts.
"A stinger. Huh... Now there's a challenge." He said reading the rest of what the pokedex said. Misty hid behind his back. Talon looked at the Weedle with a look of hunger. Ash gave it a glare, "No you may not." Talon looked away seeing his trainer looking at him sternly.
"What do mean your gonna catch it?! Make it go away!" Misty screamed. Ash looked at her and stated, "No way. I want to be one of the best trainers out there and this guy would be a great. I'm gonna catch it." Ash grabbed one of his spare pokeballs and looked at Talon on his shoulder.
Talon nodded and flew down on the ground to get ready for the battle. The Weedle wasn't there anymore. Ash looked around and spotted it near Misty then froze. It was crawling on her leg. She went very pale.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed running off. The Weedle fell off her leg in seconds. It tumbled and squeaked. "Don't just stand there catch it!" Misty screamed running off. Ash and Talon blinked a few times then snapped out of their bewilderment.
'Talon use Fury Attack!" Talon instantly did his attack and Weedle was hit. It squeaked and glared at the tiny bird pokemon. It then did a poison sting attack. Talon dodged and heard, "Use peck." Talon nodded and did so.
Misty was angrily walking in the grass."This whole forest is crawling slimy disgusting bug pokemon. I wish they all just bug off." She told herself.
As this was happening a shadow appeared in the trees behind her. She saw a faint ding of light from the sunlight and turned in an instant. Jumping out of the trees was a man in a samurai costume with a net hooked to his but holding a katana. He came at her with a sword. He pointed his sword inches from her face. She glupped.
He landed with a trance and retorted, "Greetings oh shrieking maiden. Are you by chance the pokemon trainer that comes from Pallet?" Misty frantically shook her head no. "No that's not me." The samurai looked dejected. "Alas. My search continues." He stated putting his sword in the handle. He turned and was about to walk off. "I advise you to refine from further shrieking while passing through this forest. Unless your goal is to attract a whole herd of Beedrill." With that he walked off.
Misty looked at him till he was gone and dropped onto her knees. She looked confused and nervous. "What a weird kid. I wonder why he would be looking for a pokemon trainer from... Ah! That's Ash!" She realized with a start. She jumped and started to run back to where Ash was.
Back to the battle with Weedle. "Watch out Talon for it's poison sting." Spearow dodged, "Nice work." Talon screeched and headbutted Weedle. "Ok! Here we go!" Ash got his pokeball ready. "Weedle I got you now!" The Weedle looked dazed.
There were footsteps behind him and Ash heard, "Greetings. Am I addressing the pokemon trainer that comes from Pallet?" Ash turned and looked at saw the samurai and went back to his battle. "I'm a pokemon trainer from Pallet. But I'm a little busy right now." Not noticing the glint in the samurai's eyes.
"I have found you at last." The samurai said pulling out his sword. Ash heard, "ASH!" He looked over and saw the samurai almost strike him with his sword. Ash yelped and then glared. "That sword doesn't scare me. There's no way your stealing my pokemon." He heard the samurai state, "I am no pokemon thief." Misty looked at the boy and said, "Who are you then?!"
The samurai said, "I am Samurai. I am also shrewd, fearless and completely vincible in combat. I have been searching the forest for you." He said putting his sword away. Ash lifted a brow, "What for me?" The samurai smiled and held up a pokeball. "A pokemon match. Let us see who triumphs." The two stared at each other before Ash remembered his fight with Weedle.
He turned and just like he knew it. It was crawling away. He sighed to himself and glared at the samurai. "Gee. Thanks for coming at a bad time. Couldn't you have waited for me to catch Weedle before this thing?" Ash said. "Don't blame me. Your pokemon handling is dimwitted and clumsy." Ash twitched a eye.
Talon glared at the samurai. Ash exploded."What! I am a great trainer! How dare you?!" He walked over and glared at the samurai. The samurai was about to retort when it saw Ash's freshly made scars. He stared. Ash noticed his and put a hand to his face. "Yeah, I got them from a flock of Spearow. It gave me a real eye opener about becoming a stronger trainer." The samurai nodded and looked at the other boy's left eye. "Can you still see?" Ash gave a faint grin. "Barely. I can see but not at a good distance with just this eye." Samurai nodded again. "You have my respect." Ash gave a smile. "So a battle?"
Ash got Talon to land on a tree branch and wait out the battle to rest. He turned to the samurai and got out Naga's ball. "Naga! I choose you!" The pokeball hit the ground and out popped the purple snake. "Ekkkanns!" Naga hissed. She curled up and observed her trainer's opponent.
"Ah! You have a Ekans. I wasn't expecting a trainer such as yourself to have one. It takes skill to have one." The samurai retorted. Ash glared. "No it doesn't. I takes care." The Ekans agreed with her trainer. The samurai looked at them weird. "Hmmm.. Alright. Let's go with this battle. Pinsir! Assume battle mode!" Out popped a Pinsir. Ash smirked he already had one so he knew what to expect.
"Naga use Poison sting." The Ekans released her spray and Pinsir let out a grumble. "Pinsir tackle attack!" Pinsir came running at Naga during her spray and hit her. She let out a surprised hiss and fell back. Ash looked alarmed, "Are you alright girl?" Naga turned to her trainer and gave a nod. She turned at the Pinsir and glared then hissed quietly.
"Naga use Acid!" Naga released her acid attack on Pinsir and it gave a grumble. 'Use wrap to end it!" She slithered as fast as she could to the beetle pokemon and squeezed as tight as she could. It clicked furiously and then it's movements started to slow. "Pinsir!" He samurai yelled. Pinsir grumbled one last time went silent. Ash made Naga release it and the Pinsir hit the ground dazed.
"Very good novice. Let's see what other type of pokemon I have." The Samurai returned Pinsir. He then grabbed his other pokeball. "Pokeball go!" It then released a Metapod. Ash twitched an eyebrow. 'Oh great... This is prefect...'
"Let's see you win a match with my Metapod." Ash glared at that. Naga looked at the cocoon pokemon and hissed. "Acid Spray Naga!" The Ekans did so and Metapod blinked. "Harden!" The Metapod did so and Ash glared. "Naga use Screech and followed by Poison sting." It did so and Metapod looked dazed and got the hit. It went flying and landed on the ground beside it's trainer.
Samurai looked on wide-eyed. Ash smirked, "Good job Naga." The battle was just about to end with the winner. When they heard a buzzing. "What's that noise?" Misty asked. The Samurai froze. "A herd a of Beedrill swarm approaches. This match must end. Metapod return." They looked up and saw the sky littered with Beedrill. Ash grabbed his pokedex.
Pokedex Beedrill: This Pokémon is an evolved form of Weedle, following its Kakuna stage. Its sting is highly poisonous.
Ash glupped at this. "The Weedle that got away from you has informative the rest of it's kind. Good day!" Then the samurai ran off. Ash and Misty looked at him in shock. They stared at the swarm and ran. "Talon come on!" Ash yelled running away. His Spearow screeched flying after them seeing the swarm.
One was about to attack his Spearow. "Ah! Talon watch out!" The Spearow turned away just in time to dodge a Beedrill attacking it. "Use Aerial Ace on it!" Spearow flew right at the Beedrill and hit it. It buzzed angrily and went and did a twin needle attack. Talon avoided it and heard, "Uproar Talon!" Talon used it's attack on the Beedrill and it hit the ground with a faint buzz. "Go pokeball!" Ash threw threw the pokeball and caught the Beedrill. It then instantly disappeared. Ash blinked at that. Then heard the angry buzzing of the other Beedrill. He quickly returned his Spearow and ran.
Ash and Misty ran for the lives. "Their gaining on us!" They took many short cuts following the samurai . They hid around a bush and almost relaxed till they saw what was in front of them. "A whole front of Kakuna's." Samurai whispered. Ash looked freaked and pulled out his pokedex.
Pokedex Kakuna: Kakuna, a transitional stage between Weedle and Beedrill. Kakunas remain inactive until they evolve into deadly Beedrills and hatch.
They looked at them fearfully. Ash glupped and looked to the others to get moving slowly. One of the Kakuna looked over and stopped them with a glint in it's eye. It then started to glow along with the other Kakuna. It was mystifying and scary watching them evolute into Beedrill. They sweat-dropped seeing the swarm looking at them.
They screamed and ran. They ran frantically out of the nest and looking anywhere to hide. They looked at the samurai knowing he knew the forest better then them. They looked over shoulder's while running and saw the swarm getting closer. Then they saw a cabin in the distance. "My Cabin! I think we can make it!" They got there and the samurai opened the door. They darted in and shut the door.
Just when they shut the door the Beedrill punctered the door. Ash and the group glupped. They looked on worriedly at the door hoping the Beedrill don't get in. The Beedrill pulled out their stingers and buzzed around the cabin afterwords. Ash sighed, "That was close." "I hope you learned your lesson novice. For letting that Weedle escape it almost cost us our lives." Ash growled. "Take back that novice crack." The samurai glared at him. "What I think you are. You let that Weedle escape."
"I didn't let that Weedle escape. You came up behind me before, I could capture it. How does that make me a novice?! I have trained my pokemon well and they respect me!" Ash yelled. The samurai looked at Ash unimpressed. "Just because your Spearow and Ekans listen to you doesn't mean they respect you." Ash glared, "Talon respects me cause, I showed more guts and could fight my way in pain." The samurai looked at Ash in wide eyes.
"I was let by my former starter pokemon Pikachu to get mauled by a flock of Spearow. When I needed him in my time of need he ran off. I was mauled and in so much pain. Talon was the Spearow who caused it to happen. But he saved my life in the end. He got me help and lead me to my other pokemon Mystic my Magikarp. They saved my life that day and got their respect. I could withstand the pain and still managed to help them as much as I could. Even while bleeding and all." Ash stated. The other's looked at Ash in shock.
"Wow. Hearing that... I feel that I'm the novice... To stand something like that.. You have my respect young fighter." The samurai said looking at Ash. Ash smiled and shook his head. "I am still young and might be a bit of a novice. But this journey is teaching me to become a better trainer." Misty smiled and said, "You already are a good trainer in my eyes." Ash turned and smiled.
"Come I'll make us a meal tonight. The Beedrill should be gone in the morning. Tonight you can spend the night in my cabin." Samurai said. Ash and Misty nodded with a smile. They all ate in peace giving small stories and pokemon advice.
"Oh so you have a Pinsir yourself. Very nice." Samurai smiled. Ash nodded eating his soup. Misty looked disgusted. "Can we not talk about creepy bugs at the dinner table?" Samurai looked at her, "Shrieking maiden you don't like bugs?" Misty glared, "Bugs are one of the most disgusting things in the world!" Samurai was taken back at this.
Ash sighed. Here we go again. After Misty's statement the samurai looked at Ash in pity dealing with the girl. "She's a character." He retorted. Then he got hit with a mallet. "What was that Ketchum?!" Misty screamed. Ash just layed on the floor groaning. Samurai wisely kept his mouth shut.
That night Ash and Misty set up their sleeping bags. The Samurai went to bed already and Ash looked out towards the windows. 'Tomorrow is another day. Beating Brock is my next goal!'
End Chapter 3
Ash now has a Mankey, Pinsir and Beedrill. I wonder what he's gonna capture next. Review and tell me what you think should be on his pokemon journey in Kanto and other regions. Also tell me if there should be a love interest or not.